Article ID Journal Published Year Pages File Type
10702242 Icarus 2005 4 Pages PDF
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The plasma cloud mechanism of spoke formation in Saturn's rings, proposed by Goertz and Morfill in 1983, is revisited in the light of new data and the criticisms raised by Farmer and Goldreich [Farmer, A.J., Goldreich, P., 2005. Icarus. This issue]. It is concluded that the plasma cloud model satisfies all available observational and physical constraints.
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Spoke formation under moving plasma clouds-The Goertz-Morfill model revisited
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